Fishing-tackle.



' J. NORDLUND.

FISHING TAGKLE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T- 3, 1911.

1,023,028. Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

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JOHN NORDLUND, or EUREKA, CALIFORNIA.

FISHING-TACKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

Application led October 3, 1911. Serial No. 652,511.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN NORDLUND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Eureka, in the county of Humboldt and State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements in Fishing-Tackle, of whichthe following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a fishing tackle for moresecurely retaining a fish on the hook thereof.

My invention embodies among other features, a device provided with theusual hook, which when swallowed by the fish causes a securing member tomove into engagement with the fish and retain the fish on the hook.

For the purpose mentioned, use is made of a shank for connection with aline at one end thereof and provided at the other end with a loop, aretaining member mounted on the loop of the said shank and provided withan offset portion adapted to be received within the` said loop, the saidretaining member having the outer end thereof curved and a hook mountedto swing between the said offset portion and the point of attachment ofthe said retaining member to the said shank, the pull of the fish afterthe same has engulfed the hook being adapted to cause the retainingmember to move toward the hook and engage the fish to retain the same onthe hook.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings constituting a partof this specification, in which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of my device, showing the same in initial position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my device, showing the same in nalposition to retain a fish in engagement with the hook.

Referring more particularly to the views, I provide a shank 10,preferably formed of an integral piece of wire with 4the upper end ofthe said shank adapted to receive an end of a fishing line 1l and thelower end of the same formed into an elongated Copies of this patent mayne obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofPatents.

bending the same on itself, the free or outer end of the wire beingcurved as shown in Fig. 1 and the offset portion 15 being adapted to bereceived within the loop 12 for a purpose that will be more fullydisclosed hereinafter. Pivotally connected to the retainin member 13,between the eye l and the offset portion 15 is a hook 16, the said hookbeing of any preferable shape and similar to the type of hook nowgenerally used in fishing.

In the use of my device, the retaining member 13 is moved to theposition shown in Fig. 1, with the oifset portion 15 extending throughthe loop 12. Now when a fish swallows the hook 16, the said fish pullingon the hook will cause the retaining member 13 to move toward the hookso that the free end of the retaining member will engage the head of thefish and prevent the fish from becoming disengaged from the hook, asshown in Fig. 2, it being understood that the offset portion 15frictionally engaging the sides of the loop l2 acts to normally retainthe retaining member in initial position.

I claim 1. A device of the class described comprising a shank, formed ofan integral piece of material and having the lower end thereof formedinto a loop, a retaining member mounted to swing on the said loo andprovided with an integral offset portion adapted to be frictionallyreceived within the said loop, the free end of the said retaining memberbeing curved and a hook mounted to swing on the retaining member betweenthe point of attachment of the retaining member to the said shank andthe said offset portion.

2. A'device of the class described comprising a shank provided with anintegral loop at one end thereof, a retaining member mounted to swing onthe said shank and provided with an offset portion adapted to ipartially extend through the said loop and a hook mounted to swing onthe said retaining member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN NORDLUND. Witnesses:

H. M. MAUNDER, ERNST JOHNSON.

